A selection of Baroness Drake's votes

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• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, in 2011
• Almost always voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 6 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010

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Recent appearances

• Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2019 - Motion to Approve 14 Feb 2019

  My Lords, I will take the opportunity of the GMP increase order to raise the recent High Court decision in the Lloyds Banking Group case, which now requires trustees to amend their pensions schemes to equalise GMP benefits. The inequalities arose because between April 1978 and April 1997, an employer could contract its company scheme out of the second-tier state pension if it provided a...

• Solvency 2 and Insurance (Amendment, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Motion to Approve 11 Feb 2019

  My Lords, I rise to comment on the Solvency 2 and Insurance (Amendment, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations, applying in the event of a no-deal departure from the EU. My concern is from the perspective of the policyholder. Unlike the noble Lord, Lord Deben, I am keen to keep hold of some of the gold-plating that may exist in the current regulatory framework. The driving intent of the Solvency II...

• Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc.) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 - Motion to Approve 15 Jan 2019

  My Lords, I will avoid repetition. In the debate on the previous SI, I logged my concerns about the UK leaving the EU pension cross-border regime, the protection of members’ assets and their movement in cross-border schemes, and the significance of the cross-border issue between Ireland and the UK. That particular problem triggers a concern about a wider issue. These draft Northern Ireland...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 5 July 2010

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Currently held offices

• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (since 4 Sep 2018)
• Member, Constitution Committee (since 27 Jun 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (6 Dec 2016 to 17 Mar 2017)
• Member, Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding Committee (28 Jan 2016 to 29 Feb 2016)
• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (8 Dec 2015 to 4 Mar 2016)
• Member, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee (12 Jun 2014 to 27 Apr 2017)
• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (8 Jan 2014 to 11 Mar 2014)
• Member, Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee (19 Jun 2012 to 24 Jul 2012)
• Member, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Committee (29 May 2012 to 28 Feb 2013)
• Member, Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee) (20 Jul 2011 to 13 Dec 2011)

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• Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Drake’s speeches
• Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 69.75% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 145 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)